Most Prestigious Consulting Firms

Consultants across North America rank the companies they consider to be the most prestigious in their industry.

Survey Methodology

For the 2007 Vault Management and Strategy Consulting survey, we
selected a list of top consulting firms to include. These
consulting firms were selected because of their prominence in the
consulting industry and their interest to consulting job seekers.
This year, over 2,700 consultants responded to our survey.

The Vault survey was distributed through the firms on Vault's
list. In some cases, Vault contacted practicing consultants
directly. Survey respondents were asked to do several things. They
were asked to rate each consulting firm on the survey on a scale of
1 to 10 based on prestige, with 10 being the most prestigious.
Consultants were unable to rate their own firm. They were asked
only to rate firms with which they were familiar.

Vault collected the survey results and averaged the score for
each firm. The firms were then ranked, with the highest score being
No. 1 down to No. 50.

We also asked survey respondents to give their perceptions of
other consulting firms besides their own. A selection of those
comments is featured on each firm profile as The Buzz.

Remember that Vault's Top 50 Management and Strategy Consulting
Firms are chosen by practicing consultants at top consulting firms.
Vault does not choose or influence the rankings. The rankings
measure perceived prestige